Friday, January 29, 2010

School and Youth – The driving force of the Athletics World Plan

IAAF President Lamine Diack:
“I believe that my greatest legacy would be to know that I have placed the sport of athletics back where it deserves to be – at the heart of society – and as a key tool in the education, health and fitness of young people all over the world. And by this, we are not only looking at primary schools, where our well established Kids Athletics programme is reaching the under 12s – but crucially, the 13-15 age group. If we can hang on to youngsters of this age group, then we really are building the athletic adults of the future, which benefits athletics, sport in general and society as a whole."

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